Prison Quotes

1427 quotes by 949 authors

We amuse ourselves painting our prison-walls with bright figures and brilliant landscapes. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime… — Michelle Alexander
We should never forget that everything Adolph Hitler did in Germany was "legal" and everything the Hungarian freedom fighers did in Hungary was "illegal." It… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is the language of the world beforeâ€”a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despairâ€”before the blitz turned streets to grids, cities to… — Lauren Oliver
When you see a man led to prison say in your heart, "Mayhap he is escaping from a narrower prison." And when you see a… — Khalil Gibran
Even in darkness it is possible to create light and encourage compassion. That it is possible to feel free inside a prison. That even in… — Elie Wiesel
My life is a discipline, a prison: I live for my own work, without which I am nothing. — Sylvia Plath
Now, now, hear me out," Hamish went on. "We don't have to kidnap Garrett. Not if we kidnap the buyer." "Or distract him," Angus added.… — Ally Carter
All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing?… — Unknown Author
You expect me to believe that you're being held against your will?" I raised a skeptical eyebrow. "You're roaming around the castle freely." "As are… — Amanda Hocking
Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence â€” the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under… — Jon Krakauer
Fear of being a flawed person lay at the root of my trance, and I had sacrificed many moments over the years in trying to… — Tara Brach
I'd once been fascinated by his legend - all the stories I'd heard before I met him. Now I can feel that same sense of… — Marie Lu
Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Go out and do something. It isnâ€™t your room thatâ€™s a prison, itâ€™s yourself. — Sylvia Plath
Stories are compasses and architecture, we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story… — Rebecca Solnit
Kai neared his desk again, seeing that the fugitive's profile had been transferred to the screen. His frown deepened. Perhaps not dangerous, but young and… — Marissa Meyer
You still owe me a million dollars." I'd presented him with a bill for proving his innocence and getting him freed from prison. He had… — Darynda Jones
Guilt was its own prison. — Richelle Mead
Because I understand all the ways of trying to escape, how sometimes you escape one prison only to find you've built yourself a different one. — Gayle Forman

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